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Hughie

First Preview: Jan 8, 2016
Opening Date: Jan 8, 2016
Closing Date: Mar 27, 2016
Running Time: 01:10
Hughie

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Playing @
Booth Theatre
222 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, and BAFTA Award winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, The Butler, Southpaw) makes his highly-anticipated Broadway debut in the emotionally charged play Hughie by the great Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill

Summer, 1928. New York City. Beyond the bright lights of the Great White Way, a small-time gambler and big-time drinker returns to the faded hotel he has made his home. He encounters a new night clerk at the front desk and as the early hours of the morning give way to another dawn, he continues to chase the American Dream in order to survive.

Hughie is a rarely seen theatrical masterpiece that beautifully investigates the themes of loneliness and redemption and offers a unique insight into the human condition. 

This production also features Tony Award® winner Frank Wood (Side Man, Angels In America, Clybourne Park) and is directed by the Tony® and Olivier Award-winning visionary director Michael Grandage (Frost/Nixon, The Cripple of Inishmaan), who is reuniting for the first time with his complete Tony-winning design team from the hit play Red.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
BroadwayPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

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Full-price tickets:

$55.00 - $149.00

Lottery & Rush

25 seats for every performance of the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s one-act masterpiece HUGHIE, will be available for $25 each. Limit of 2 tickets per customer.  Sponsored with TIMEOUT NEW YORK to make Broadway accessible to everyone 

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Reviews

  • In Michael Grandage’s gentle, churning dream of a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie,” which sighed open on Thursday night at the Booth Theater, Erie is portrayed by that excellent actor Forest Whitaker, in a transfixing yet modest Broadway debut. Mr. Whitaker provides all the anchoring physical detail that you might expect from his meticulously observed screen performances (“Bird,” “The Butler”)

    ------- New York Times
  • The Oscar-winning actor delivers a most endearing Erie, right down to the nervous giggle he adds to punctuate the character’s otherwise bottomless despair Let’s call it “Nightclerks.” It’s the best painting that Edward Hopper never painted, and you can see it at Broadway’s Booth Theatre in the new revival of “Hughie,” 

    ------- The Wrap
  • In Christopher Oram’s astonishing set design, the eerie hotel where Charlie mans the front desk in moody silence looks more like a lunatic asylum than a safe haven from the hurly-burly of Broadway in the summer of 1928. The empty lobby is two stories high, with towering glass windows and doors at the entrance, a massive reception desk, a stunning birdcage elevator, and a broad staircase leading to the darkened upper floors. Under Neil Austin’s crepuscular lighting, the place looks like a cross between the Hotel Cortez in “American Horror Story” and the Haunted House at Disneyland.

    ------Variety
  • In Michael Grandage’s gentle, churning dream of a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie,” which sighed open on Thursday night at the Booth Theater, Erie is portrayed by that excellent actor Forest Whitaker, in a transfixing yet modest Broadway debut. Mr. Whitaker provides all the anchoring physical detail that you might expect from his meticulously observed screen performances (“Bird,” “The Butler”)

    ------- New York Times

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Ticket Lobby. Counter 43". Accessible pass-through with writing shelf at 32". Assistance available.
  • Parking

    Lot: North side of streetbetween Broadway & 8th Ave. Vans enter on 46th St.Garage: East of Shubert Alley on south side of 45th St. between Broadway & 8th Ave. No vans.
  • Curb Ramps

    (2.5" lip) SW corner of 45th St. & Broadway; NW corner of 45th St. & Broadway.
  • Restroom

    Unisex: House left at orchestra rear crossover aisle. ADA compliant. Door 32". Stall 62"x139". Commode 18". Grab bars.
  • Seating

    Orchestra on ground level. Mezzanine and lower lounge reached only by stairs. seats 781.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    There are no elevators or escalators at this theatre.
  • Telephone

    Ticket lobby. Coin slot 54". Cord length 30". Volume control. With TTY and electric outlet.
  • Entrance

    Double doors in series:1st set (each 27") has one pair of automatic doors from Shubert Alley to Ticket Lobby with push-button control; 2nd set (each 29", attended by ushers) to inner lobby; 3rd set (one at 31.5", two at 28.5", attended by ushers) into Orchestra.
  • Folding Armrests

    Eight row-end seats with folding armrests, ask for mobility seats when booking.
  • Water Fountain

    Inner lobby. Spout 36".
  • Assisted Listening System

    Reservations are not necessary. Drivers license or ID with printed address required as a deposit.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. Five ADA compliant viewing locations with companion seating. Transfer optional. ADA seats priced at regular orchestra and also at lowest price in the theatre.

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